UK Keratoconus Self-Help and Support Association

I have recently been told that I am at a stage where transplant is the only option left for my right eye. I was just wondering if people can tell me what is the average waiting time for a transplant because I am currently in the middle of a post-graduate teacher training course and I can't take any time out at all until it is finished on 4th July and I will hopefully be starting my first teaching job in September. If I went on the list now would I realistically get a transplant in July or August and be fully fit to work in September.

At the moment I've said I will put of transplant for a long as possible because I have almost perfect vision in my left eye, but I would like to get it sorted if I can because it is obviously affecting my day-to-day life a fair bit.

for my left eye i had to wait 6 months and that was with me calling my dr's secretary every week to see if anyone cancelled or if there were any sooner dates.

Alex

When your ophthalmologist is talking to you about a graft, just mention that you have important exams upcoming, and that you would prefer not to have the operation before a date of your choosing. I have always found that ophthalmologists are only too willing to accommodate their patients, and a longer date may be an advantage to the theatre planning.

Yours aye

Andrew